Corruption at the American DoJ?

[Prolescum]

Not sure how many of you are aware of the tussle between Anonymous and HBGary, so here, here, here, and here is the rub.

The above are well worth reading either way, and have led directly to this, titled How Attorney General Eric Holder Colluded With Bank Of America To Destroy Wikileaks And Silence Unfriendly Journalists, Including Glenn Greenwald.

There are two very troubling things about this very candid email from Matthew Steckman of Palantir, a data analysis firm, to Aaron Barr of cyber security firm HB Gary. First [...] the Department of Justice told Bank of America to get in touch with law firm Hunton & Williams, who would then assemble the hit team to take care of their Wikileaks problem. This likely has attorney-client privilege advantages, in addition to being downright corrupt.

But the second troubling thing about this email is that part of the plan is to have these private firms, possibly under the cloak of attorney-client privilege, dig up information to quote "make prosecution easier." So not only was Eric Holder neglecting to investigate Bank of America for any crimes they may have committed, and not only was he helping Bank of America assemble a team of cyber hitmen to take out Wikileaks, but it now appears he was also using a private group of hackers and cyber-sleuths to do the kind of information gathering that is illegal for the Department of Justice to do on its own.

The corruption here runs so deep, on so many levels, it's almost impossible to comprehend. How is it that a failed, bailed out bank can have so much power and influence that the U.S. Attorney General is colluding with them to engage in acts, including extortion, blackmail and Fourth Amendment violations, which are almost certainly illegal?

Anyone worried?

 

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So the DoJ is advising on how best to go after WL and green lighting hacking? Sounds like fixed "justice" to me. WL is seen as guilty already. All they want now is the evidence to fit their case against WL.

 

[Prolescum]

Has there been any discussion on the major news outlets since this happened?

 

[televator]

Has there been any discussion on the major news outlets since this happened?

Only one I heard bringing it up was Cenk Uygur on MSNBC.

 

[)O( Hytegia )O(]

Corruption? What?
Why would the Department of Justice want retribution for some Aussie trapped in Switzerland for giving them a black eye?
Would they really resort to such means, stooping so low as to violating personal rights?

*Sarcasm*